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Populus tremuloides

Common names: quaking aspen, aspen, Aspen, aspens, Quaking Aspen, Quaking aspen
Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malpighiales > Salicaceae
Roles: study subject, habitat component, managed species
ITIS TSN: 195773
External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank
Papers: 126 | Mentions: 180

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Publications (126)

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A Bayesian record linkage approach to applications in tree demography using overlapping LiDAR scans

2025Annals of Applied StatisticsRole: text_match
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Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

2025Remote Sensing of EnvironmentRole: text_match
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Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

2025Hydrology and Earth System ScienceRole: text_match
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Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2025Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match
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Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

2025Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match
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Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023

2025Earth System Science DataRole: habitat component
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Opportunistic short-term water uptake dynamics by subalpine trees observed via in situ water isotope measurements

2025Water Resources ResearchRole: text_match
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Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

2025OikosRole: text_match
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Soil signals of key mechanisms driving greater protection of organic carbon under aspen compared to spruce forests in a North American montane ecosystem

2025BiogeosciencesRole: text_match
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Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

2024EcosphereRole: text_match
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Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

2024Role: study subject
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Climate lags and genetics determine phenology in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

2023New PhytologistRole: text_match
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Daily roadkill monitoring and long-term population census reveal female-biased mortality for a small mammal along a wildland-urban interface

2023Biological ConservationRole: text_match
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Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

2023Role: text_match
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Effects of Altitude on the Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Subalpine Tree Species in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

2023Role: text_match
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Interannual precipitation controls on soil CO2 fluxes in high elevation conifer and aspen forests

2023Environmental Research LettersRole: text_match
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Silviculture

2023Role: text_match
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Causes and consequences of pre-hibernation body mass in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2022Role: text_match
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Forest Fuels and Management Considerations at the Willey Conservation Easement, Colorado

2022Role: text_match
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Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match
student_paper

How understory bee communities compare to open meadows in the Rocky Mountains

2022Role: text_match
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Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen

2022Global Change BiologyRole: text_match
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Bridging animal personality with space use and resource use in a free-ranging population of an asocial ground squirrel

2021Animal BehaviourRole: text_match
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Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>)

2021Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match
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Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

2021Role: text_match
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Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

2021PloS oneRole: habitat component
student_paper

The effect of cytotype on radial growth rate in quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>) across environmental gradients

2021Role: text_match
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A Brief Escape to Normalcy: A Summer at RMBL

2020Mountain Views ChronicleRole: text_match
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Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

2020Role: text_match
student_paper

Effects of frost and neighborhood on Tephritid fly herbivory of <i>Erigeron speciosus</i>

2020Role: text_match
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Field Research in the Time of the Pandemic

2020Mountain Views ChronicleRole: text_match
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Integrating airborne remote sensing and field campaigns for ecology and Earth system science

2020Methods in EcologyRole: text_match
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RMBL Research in the time of Covid-19: Magical Realism?

2020Mountain Views ChronicleRole: text_match
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Remote sensing of ploidy level in quaking aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx.)

2020Journal of EcologyRole: text_match
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Satellite-derived foresummer drought sensitivity of plant productivity in Rocky Mountain headwater catchments: spatial heterogeneity and geological-geomorphological control

2020Environmental Research LettersRole: text_match
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TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

2020Global Change BiologyRole: study subject
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Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

2019Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match
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Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

2019Role: text_match
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Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

2019OikosRole: text_match
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The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on mutualisms

2019Role: habitat component
student_paper

Trap behavior of <i> Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha </i> at different elevations in the West Elk Mountains, Colorado

2019Role: text_match
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Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match
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Developmental and social constraints on early reproduction in an asocial ground squirrel

2018Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match
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Disintegration of the leaf economic spectrum within and across Quaking aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) genotypes

2018Role: study subject
student_paper

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

2018Role: text_match
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Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia spp.</i>)

2018Ecological EntemologyRole: text_match
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Polyploidy influences plant-environment interactions in quaking aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx.)

2018Tree PhysiologyRole: text_match
student_paper

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

2018Role: text_match
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Differences in Evolutionary History and Ploidy Type Shape the Interactions of <i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx. with Climate

2017Role: study subject
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Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

2017EcologyRole: text_match
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Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes

2017mBioRole: text_match
student_paper

Effects of <i>Didymosphenia germinata</i> on American Dipper (<i>Cinclus mexicanus</i>) Territory Size

2017Role: text_match
student_paper

Effects of Microclimate on the regeneration of Quaking Aspens, <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

2017Role: text_match
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Factors Influencing Ungulate Barking Patterns of <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

2017Role: text_match
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States and transitions in aspen dominated ecosystems in western Colorado

2017Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)Role: text_match
student_paper

Habitat patch use, density, and territoriality of American Red Squirrels (<i>Tamiasciurus hudsonicus</i>) in the southwestern Rocky Mountains, Colorado

2016Role: text_match
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Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia</i> spp.)

2016Role: text_match
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Populations of aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx.) with different evolutionary histories differ in their climate occupancy

2016Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match
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Altered Fire Regimes and the Persistence of Quaking Aspen in the Rocky Mountains: A Literature Review

2015Open Journal of ForestryRole: text_match
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Assessing community phenotype of Populus tremuloides: the effect of ploidy level on associated arthropod communities.

2015Role: text_match
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Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

2015Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match
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Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: text_match
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Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match
student_paper

Floral visitation determined by phylogenetic distance in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2014Role: text_match
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Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

2014Current ZoologyRole: text_match
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Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

2014New PhytologistRole: text_match
student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match
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Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

2013Journal of EcologyRole: text_match
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Effect of location on plant species richness and diversity in Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) understory: edge vs. inner forest habitat

2013Role: text_match
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Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: text_match
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Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match
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Revisiting Edward R. Warren: A Century of Beaver <i>Castor canadensis</I> Occupancy near Crested Butte, Colorado

2013Role: text_match
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Spatial variation in bee abundance and diversity across southern Rocky Mountain habitats

2013Role: text_match
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"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: text_match
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Do mule deer respond to the sounds of their predators?

2012Role: text_match
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Stochastic population dynamics of a montane ground-dwelling squirrel

2012PloS ONERole: text_match
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The effect of ants on the population dynamics of a protective symbiont of aphids, <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i>

2012Annals of Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match
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A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

2011Role: text_match
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Bottlenecks and rescue effects in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>)

2011Conservation GeneticsRole: text_match
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Influence of population density and climate on the demography of subalpine golden-mantled ground squirrels

2011Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match
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Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) detect coyote (<i>Canis latrans</i>) scent

2011Role: text_match
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Parental investment in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>): influence of seasonal timing and prior experience and efficacy of minimally guided instructional strategies in K-12 and undergraduate science classrooms: a meta-analysis

2011Role: text_match
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Spatial distribution of mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

2011Role: text_match
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The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Role: habitat component
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The effects of hemiparasitism by <i> Castilleja</i> spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems

2011Role: text_match
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Vegetation pattern dependency along the southwest-facing hillslope of the upper East River Watershed

2011Role: text_match
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Functional importance of plumage badges as intraspecific signals in White-crowned sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>).

2010Role: text_match
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Attributes of mountain bluebird cavity nests

2009Role: text_match
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Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

2009Global Change BiologyRole: study subject
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Nest site selection by a secondary cavity-nesting species, the mountain bluebird

2009Role: text_match
student_paper

Protection at a price? Ant interactions with pollinators on aspen sunflower (<i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>)

2009Role: text_match
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Studies on the ecology of avian malaria in an alpine ecosystem

2009Role: habitat component
student_paper

The effect of willow proximity on species richness and abundance of birds nesting in aspen <i>Populus tremuloides</i> woodlands.

2009Role: text_match
student_paper

The response of four subalpine forbs to supplemental nitrogen within different soil moisture environments

2009Role: text_match
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Aspen heart rot fungus (<i>Phellinus tremulae</i>) distribution in aspen forests in relation to open meadows: implications for red-naped sapsucker (<i>Sphyrapicus nuchalis</i>) nesting habitat

2008Role: text_match
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What determines the distribution of red-naped sapsuckers in the East River Valley?

2008Role: text_match
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A comparative study of the cost of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors.

2007Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: text_match
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASPEN HEARTWOOD ROT AND THE LOCATION OF CAVITY EXCAVATION BY A PRIMARY CAVITY-NESTER, THE RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER

2006The CondorRole: text_match
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Impacts of Mule Deer Herbivory on Herbaceous Vegetation in the Gothic Area, with Focus on Aquilegia coerulea

2005Role: text_match
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Weather influences on demography of the yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2005Journal of Zoology, LondonRole: text_match
student_paper

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

2004Role: text_match
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Invasive <i>Linaria vulgaris</i>, disturbance, and diversity: associations at multiple spatial scales in Colorado

2004Role: text_match
student_paper

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

2004Role: text_match
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THE PERSISTENCE OF QUAKING ASPEN (POPULUS TREMULOIDES) IN THE GRAND MESA AREA, COLORADO

2004Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match
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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental BiologyRole: text_match
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Early season arboreal behaviour in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match
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Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match
student_paper

The distribution of <i></i>Phellinus tremulae in Populus tremuloides<i></i> in Western Colorado

2003Role: text_match
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The response of Heracleum sphondylium (Apiaceae) and its herbivores to

2003URBEERole: text_match
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Plant community composition mediates both large transient decline and predicted long-term recovery of soil carbon under climate warming

2002Global Biogeochemical CyclesRole: text_match
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Control of litter decomposition in a subalpine meadow-sagebrush steppe ecotone under climate change

2001Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match
student_paper

Comparison of the understory of an isolated stand of lodgepole pine, <i>Pinus contorta</i>, to the understory of an adjacent stand of <i>Populus tremuloides</i> and to a more extensive stand of <i>P.</i>

1999Role: text_match
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A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

1998J Zool LondonRole: text_match
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Growth and survival of juvenile yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

1996Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match
student_paper

Effects of avalanche intensity on <i>Populus tremuloides</i> density

1995Role: text_match
student_paper

Biodiversity of aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) groves: a precursor to studies of ecosystem services

1994Role: text_match
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Double keystone bird in a keystone species complex

1993Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USARole: text_match
student_paper

Quaking aspens and woody tissue rot: how does it work and how does it affect woodpecker's tree choices for sap wells and nests

1992Role: text_match
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The distribution of understory plant species within <i>Populus tremuloides</i> communities

1988Role: text_match
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Long-term preformation of leaves and inflorescences by a long-lived perennial monocarp, Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae)

1986American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match
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Seed Dispersal by Ants in the Rocky Mountains

1983Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match
student_paper

Attempts at establishing phenotypic differences in the populations of aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) at RMBL

1973Role: text_match
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Barriers to gene flow in natural populations of grasshoppers. II. Maintenance of narrow hybrid-zones between morphs of Arphia conspersa on Black Mesa, Colorado

1971PsycheRole: text_match
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The meadow midst the aspens (<i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michaux.)

1971Role: text_match
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A study of plant succession on the Gothic earthflow

1969Role: text_match
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Ecology of aspen in Gunnison County, Colorado

1969American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

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